From 99d8ea2c5ce6fc0b06fe8a43e7c0c108ddad853b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Santi=20B=C3=A9jar?= Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:42:40 +0100 Subject: git-bundle.txt: Add different strategies to create the bundle MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-bundle.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index 72f080a972..505ac056e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -99,36 +99,62 @@ Assume two repositories exist as R1 on machine A, and R2 on machine B. For whatever reason, direct connection between A and B is not allowed, but we can move data from A to B via some mechanism (CD, email, etc). We want to update R2 with developments made on branch master in R1. + +To create the bundle you have to specify the basis. You have some options: + +- Without basis. ++ +This is useful when sending the whole history. + +------------ +$ git bundle create mybundle master +------------ + +- Using temporally tags. ++ We set a tag in R1 (lastR2bundle) after the previous such transport, and move it afterwards to help build the bundle. -in R1 on A: - ------------ $ git-bundle create mybundle master ^lastR2bundle $ git tag -f lastR2bundle master ------------ -(move mybundle from A to B by some mechanism) +- Using a tag present in both repositories + +------------ +$ git bundle create mybundle master ^v1.0.0 +------------ + +- A basis based on time. + +------------ +$ git bundle create mybundle master --since=10.days.ago +------------ -in R2 on B: +- With a limit on the number of commits ------------ -$ git-bundle verify mybundle -$ git-fetch mybundle refspec +$ git bundle create mybundle master -n 10 ------------ -where refspec is refInBundle:localRef +Then you move mybundle from A to B, and in R2 on B: +------------ +$ git-bundle verify mybundle +$ git-fetch mybundle master:localRef +------------ -Also, with something like this in your config: +With something like this in the config in R2: +------------------------ [remote "bundle"] url = /home/me/tmp/file.bdl fetch = refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +------------------------ You can first sneakernet the bundle file to ~/tmp/file.bdl and -then these commands: +then these commands on machine B: ------------ $ git ls-remote bundle -- cgit v1.2.3